Probation Support Specialist

About the role

The Judicial Department works to provide equal access to justice, contribute to public safety, and strengthen the rule of law across Colorado. Together our courts and probation departments are committed to impartial and timely dispute resolution; support for families, litigants, and victims; client rehabilitation; and meaningful community engagement.

Assists probation office personnel with administrative, communication, customer service, documentation, and record-keeping duties in support of probation case management and related activities. This is a part‑time (34 hours per week) position located in the Craig office. The anticipated start date is October 2026.

Responsibilities

• Provides customer service and support for all probation staff and functions.
• Serves as the first point of contact for both internal and external customers by way of front desk or phone.
• Manages jail communications from clients, general email box for inquiries, and courtesy requests for probation clients and officers.
• Accesses and retrieves data from multiple platforms including jail data system, treatment tracking system, national crime record database, Department of Corrections requests, district attorney records, case assignments, processing array of probation reports.
• Handles office machine maintenance, office mail machine, manages coverage calendar for probation officers and disseminates information.
• Manages shredding bins, walks through warrants, and performs other duties as assigned.
• Processes record requests from attorneys, Department of Corrections, probation departments, and other courts and external agencies.
• Completes judicial case management system and electronic filing, including documentation for pre‑sentence investigations, requests for warrants, complaints to revoke probation, and special reports.
• Reviews documentation accuracy and timely filing.
• Creates and maintains digital files via SharePoint and other case management systems.
• Manages sentencing dates for files to assure they are processed correctly according to the sentence imposed.
• Enters appropriate closure codes for cases.
• Manages various file types, including absconder, closed, warrant, and community corrections files as well as scanning any paper files still in existence.
• Requests additional documentation, such as death certificates for file purposes.

Requirements

• Education and Experience Equivalency: High school diploma or G.E.D. OR additional work experience in these or other related fields may be substituted on a year‑for‑year basis for the required formal education.
• Work Related Experience: 1 to 3 years of experience in an administrative field.
• Licenses And Certifications: None.
• Physical Effort Requirements: Sedentary work – exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time; walking and standing are required only occasionally.
• Work Environment: Satisfactory – occasional exposure to unpleasant environmental conditions and/or hazards; occasional outside work.
• Work Location: Office or similar indoor environment; confined space.
• Exposures: Individuals who are hostile or irate; individuals with known violent backgrounds; communicable diseases.

Skills

• Knowledge & Skills – Full Performance: Work requires comprehensive, practical knowledge of work processes. Incumbent can complete a broad range of work, sometimes complex, without frequent reference to others. Likely impact on organization is standard.
• Fiscal Responsibility: May assist in the collection of data in support of recommendations for functional area budget allocations. May monitor division or program/promotional level budget and expenditures.
• Human Collaboration: Work requires regular interaction involving exchange and receipt of information. Interactions have limited impact.
• Freedom To Act & Impact Of Actions: Receives immediate direction; employee normally performs assignments after receiving detailed instructions as to methods, procedures, and desired end results with little room for deviation. Immediate reviewer may provide close and constant review. Impact of actions is moderate.

Benefits

• Health and dental benefits
• PERA retirement

Pay

Salary Range: $45,774.24 - $66,373.20 (full‑time equivalent). Salary for this part‑time position is based on prior relevant work experience.

Schedule

Part‑time, 34 hours per week.